A board shaper's passion to honor the roots of surfing is taking him coast to coast over the next two months. Tom Stone will be an artist-in- residence in New York this month and Southern Califorina in June. That will bring the number of museums exhibiting Stone's wooden surf boards to SIX! KITV's Catherine Cruz shares his story in this KITV4 exclusive. 1:31-1:35 Tom Stone is on the ride of his life. Featured recently on a BBC documentary, this waterman is riding a wave bringing back the history of traditional Hawaiian surfboards and Holua sleds and how to make them. Our cameras catch up with him as this lifeguard windsurfer and paddler boarder turned carftsman is doing some pretty heavy lifting. - COVER TAPE 2 :27 -"This is light in comparison. This one is exactly one hundred pounds" Stone's works or art are in now in musuems in Africa, Europe and now both coasts of the U-S. He is process of selecting the boards he will take to the Smithsonian in New York. One down, with several more to go. Koa and Redwood are among his treasures and there is the Olo, the Kiko'o and the Alaia. "I am gong to take this olo, and this olo and I am considering taking this pa'a onini and the u'uma," said Stone. He will haul over blanks and demonstrate his shaping skills before dozens of students to show how modern surfing got it's start. - 15 :17- 15:27 "The paki board is 16 feet long and approximately seven inches thick. That's a big board I created that for the Captian Cook Birthplace Museum" A replica of this board beleived to be Princess Kaiulani's alai'a board is in the British Museum of surfing in Devon-- its part of a current exhibit called First Wave that runs through the end of the year. Stone seizes the rare opportunity to spend time with this relic to learn from past. Stone caresses every ridge and curve to better understand the board's story. - 26:40- 26: 47 -"Kaiulani when she surfed this board she always knew where to put her feet. And her feet went right here," It is not the first time he has seen the board but he discovers more about it as he studies its wear marks. - 26:58 -"You can see where she used this area for her back foot and slid back and forth." and this is where she pressed hard for her heel," 27: 08 - Spoken like someone who understands how to be one on the water with a wooden board... doing his part to honor a tradition, learning from history and living it. Catherine Cruz KITV4 news. In today's morning moment, a mother tells her

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